William Cope Jr (abt. 1752 - abt. 1813)

Born about 1752 in Russell County, Virginia [uncertain]

Descendants

Died about 13 Mar 1813 at about age 61 in Grayson, Virginia, United States

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Biography

James Cope (1784-1857)'s father was William Cope, Jr. (1753 - 1813) and his mother was Sarah Holland (1760 - 1830)

William Cope Jr.'s parents were William Cope (1719-1813) and Phoebe Ellsworth (1723-1818).

Birth

Marriage

Many unsourced trees and online databases identify his wife as Sarah Holland, who is identified as Sarah Cope in her father's will made in 1802 in Grayson County, Virginia.^[1] Sarah is also identified on her modern gravestone in Warren County, Tennessee, as the "mother of James Cope."^[2]

Although the original source for the claim that William was the husband of Sarah Holland is unknown, there is a William Cope who appears on the tax lists for Lee County, Virginia, in 1795 and 1796, in the same area further west from Grayson County, where Jeremiah Hatfield also appears. Jeremiah is identified by many researchers as the husband of Sarah's sister Fanny (Holland) Hatfield.^[3] Thus, it seems likely that both Sarah Cope and her sister Fanny Hatfield were living with these husbands in Lee County, Virginia, by 1796.

Children

William Cope and Sarah Holland reportedly had at least two children: James Bradley Cope and Sarah Cope.^{[citation needed]}

Death

William Cope reportedly died in about 1813.^{[citation needed]}

Sources

1. ↑ Grayson County, Virginia, Will Book 1, pp. 16-18; images, Ancestry, “Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1652-1900, Grayson>General Index to Wills, Vol 1, 1796-1953; Will Books, Vol 1-2, 1796-1849>images 233-234; FHL 31,741, DGS 7,645,090 (FHL/FHC access only); images available here.
2. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #111503081, Sarah Holland Cope (c. 1755-1830), Cope Cemetery, Mount Zion, Warren County, Tennessee; gravestone image by Bob Sherwood.
3. ↑ FamilySearch, "Personal property tax lists of Lee County, 1795-1850," database with images, (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/407391 : accessed 15 Jun 2023), FHL 2024603, DGS 7849145, images 14 (1795-William Cope), 16 (1795-Jeremiah Hatfield), 32 (1795-William Cope), & 35 (1796-Jeremiah Hatfield).

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